Autographic register.



W. HAINER.

AUTOGRAPHIG REGISTER.

APPLIoATIoN FILED APR. 2. 19104 Patented Feb. 25, 1913;

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W. HAINER.

AUTOGRAPHIG REGISTER.

APPLIUATION FILED APR.2.1910.

Patented Feb. 25,1913.

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, INVNTORI WHNESSES:

W. HAINER. AUToGRAPHIo REGISTER. APPLIQATION FILED APR. 2. 1910.

1,054,644. Patented Feb.25,1913.

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ymufssss WHITFIELD lRAINER, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 25,1913.

Application filed April 2, 1910. Serial No. 553,061.

To all fic/0m it may concern:

Be it known that I, lVnirrinLD llaman, of the i city of Toronto, in the county of York and Province of Ontario,'Cana`da,have invented certain new and useful l'mprovements in Autographic Registers; and I hereby declare that the. following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to an autographic register which will produce an original copy and as many impression copies as may be. re-

` quired of the record of each transaction the object of my invention being to sever the material and retain one or more copies of the recorded matter for reference or checking purposes, within a locked record chamber, and to deliver the remaining copies eX- teriorly of the register for the use of thedealer and customer.

. The ribbons of material, with carbon sheets between them to record the transactions, are unwound from webscontained within a magazine chamber and passed over a writing plate disposed below an opening in the register topand then between feed rolls which with the assistance of the webs keep the ribbons stretched for writing purposes, the ribbons fo-r the original and a preselected number of impression copies being delivered eXteriorly, and the ribbon or ribbons for the retained copy or copies be` ing delivered interiorly, of the register. The matter recorded on the overlying ribbon as the material passes over the writing plate is recorded, by carbon sheets on the underlying ribbons, and these copies are advanced to carry the recorded matter beyond the feed rolls where it' can be severed. The copies delivered exteriorly of the register could be severed by a cutter bar such as certain types of autographic registers are now prosided with, but those copies delivered interiorly of the register could not be severed by such means, and especially in that class of autographic registers in which the retained copies a-redelivered into a record chamber. To simultaneously sever the eX teriorly and interiorly delivered copies, I

use a knifehaving a concave-convex cutting edge with a sharp piercing point at the junction of the curved surfaces to penetrate the several ribbons of material before the concavo-convex parts of the edge come into contact with them, the piercing point penetrating the material between its side edges, the cut formed by it then being simultaneously continued in both directions by the curved parts of the blade.

For an understanding of .the `invention reference is to be had to the following description and to the accompanying draw ings in which:

Figure l, is a perspective view of the autographic register. Fig. 2, is a longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3, is a detail view of the knife and clamp showing them in their inoperative position. Fig. 4, is a detail view of the same parts shown in Fig. 3, with the knife and clamp in their operative position. Fig. 5, is a section, showing the course of the material between the feed rolls.

Like charactersof reference refer to like parts throughout the specification' and drawings.

lVithin the register casing a is a magazine chamber b, a record chamber c, andthree spindles l for the webs e e e exten-ding transversely across the magazine chamber b, the web c providing the material for the original ecpy, and the webs e c providing the material respectively for the first and second impression copies. The material from these webs passes across the top of the writing plate f disposed below an opening j in the top o', then between thefeed rolls g and 7L, the feed roll ghaving mandrels m journaled in the sides of the register casing, and the feed roll h having Vmandi-els journaled in the ends ofa hbusing z' forming part of the top ft.

At the side of4 the' writing'plate f is the carbon holder la. The vcarbon sheets are containedin the carbon holder and pass across the writing plate between the material from the webs e e e so that the entries made on the original copy will be simultaneously recorded on the impression copies. n the sides of the housing z' are slots z" z' for the passage of the material between the feed rolls, the material from the webs e e passing between the feed rolls above the eX- terior surface of the top a', and the material from the web e passing through a slot` 7L in the top a in front of the housing z' and then between the feed rolls below the interior surface of the top a into the record chamber c. y

One of the mandrels m of the feed roll g extends beyond the outer surface of the register'casing a and is fitted with a crank o by which the feed rolls are revolved to adthe web c against the inner surface of the top a. while the knife sevei's the several ribbons. the clamp 7) being' provided with springs t which autoiiiaticallv move it to engage the material as the knife descends. The knife is pivoted at one end a so that its free end can move through the slot 1r when severing' the material. and when returning' to its normal position. The

pivoted end s is provided ivitli an arm il,

engaging the clamp 7) when the knife is in its'raised or inopeative position counteracting:l the springs 2 and moving' the clamp aivav from the inner surface of the top a as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. so that the material can pass fil-eel)7 across it. .-\s the knit'e descends, the arm i/ releases the clamp 7) and then the spring t raises the clamp into an operative posit-ion to bind the material againstthe top a While the knife severs it.

The cutting edge of the knife consists oi a convex part e and a. concave part fw forniing' at their Junction a point The point m, when the knife descends. penetrates the l the vtree end. ot the blade. a` piercing point material midivav between its side edfres and then the convex and concave parts of the edge enter tlie cut made by the point and g simultaneously sever tlie'inaterial 1n both dii'ections toward its side edges. two copies troni the material being delivered exteriorl'v of tlie register, the third copv being' retained within the record chamber. ivebsliowever can be increased or decreased,

The nunibei' of and' the number of copies delivered extel riorly and iiit'eriorly of the, register can be correspondingl)7 'aried.`

llaviirgr thus full)T described my invention what l claini as new and desire to secure by Letters lateut is:

l. .\n autographie register and a knife comprising a blade. pivoted at one end to the register. having a concave cutting edger adjoining' the pivot ed end, a convex cutting edge adjoining the tree end, and a piercing point at the junction of the concave and convex cutting' edges to penetrate the niaterial and enable the concave convex cutting edges to simultaneously cutin both directions t'roin the piercing point.

9.. .in autographic register. a vknife comprising' a blade. pivoted at one end to the register. having` a concave cutting edge adjoining; the pivoted end. a convex cutting' edee adioiningr the tree end. and a piercing point at the junction of the concave and convex cutting' edges to penetrate the material and enable the concave convex cutting edges to simultaneously cut in both directions from the piercing); point. and a clamp pivoted to the register cooperating with the kuit'e to hold the material While being severed.

-l. Tn an autonral'iliic register, a knife comprising' a blade pivoted at one end t-o the register. and havingY a cutting edge consisting! ot a concave part. adjoining the nii'cted end. and a convex part adjoining at the junction of the concave and convex parts. and a spring pressed clamp hinged to the register and engaged b v the knife.

Toronto. B'larch 30th. 1910.

` VIUTFTELD HATNER.

Signed in the presence of- Ciias. l-l. Ricmis, H. L. TRIMBLE.

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